The Dreamtime game between Richmond and Essendon, usually drawing a massive crowd at the MCG, will be one of two AFL games held in Darwin on election weekend, the AFL has announced.
‘Perfect storm’: Turf Club’s Silks bar construction raises serious safety concerns
The Darwin Turf Club’s newly constructed Silks Club is alleged to be “unsafe and not suitable to occupy”, according to a whistleblower who has lodged a formal complaint with Northern Territory authorities over several alleged building non-compliance issues that “could put lives at risk”.
Freedom of Information request into Gunner China deal stalled until after election
The details of a secret deal Chief Minister Michael Gunner signed while in China last year will remain secret until after the election at the earliest, following a decision by Mr Gunner’s department to block the release of public information.
Girls allegedly burnt down Tennant Creek supermarket: police
NT Police say they have interviewed a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old girl over the fire that destroyed Tennant Creek’s only grocery store, and are investigating the involvement of an 11-year-old boy, but have not said if the girls will be charged, only they will be “subject to the provisions of the Youth Justice Act 2005”.
Territory net debt estimated to hit $8.2 billion this financial year but real numbers not disclosed
NT Treasurer Nicole Manison has said government debt was projected to hit $8.2 billion by the end of this financial year but the actual figures will not be revealed until after the NT election.
Gunner needs to come clean on senior public servant’s conduct: opposition parties
Chief Minister Michael Gunner needs to explain to Territorians how a senior public servant in his department accepted a gift of travel without disclosing it from a private company that is seeking taxpayer money for a development, the Territory’s opposition parties say.
‘We’re at crisis point’: NT Police Association boss
NT Police Association president Paul McCue says the force is “at a crisis point,” and with the AFP leaving on Friday, he is concerned for officers’ mental health following a hectic period of altered shifts and reduced leave that will only get more hectic in the months to come.
Planning Minister rejects The Gardens residential development days before caretaker mode
Planning Minister Eva Lawler has blocked the proposed Blake Street development in The Gardens known as Parklands two days before the Gunner Government goes into caretaker mode.
Cleaner unfair dismissal claim over ‘toe finger’ massage of teacher rejected
A cleaner has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected by Fair Work Australia after she was fired for giving a teacher a massage and “using her ‘toe finger’” on her back at a special needs school during work hours.
Top NT public servant had Disney World trip paid for by private company seeking government cash
EXCLUSIVE: The Northern Territory’s second-most senior public servant Andy Cowan had a trip to Disney World paid for by a private company seeking government funds to build an interpretive centre at Jabiru which appears to not have been disclosed, the NT Independent can reveal.
NT economy worst in the country again, new CommSec report shows
The Northern Territory has ranked last on six of eight measures of the CommSec’s State of the States economic report – including dead last on construction work that was down 30.7 per cent annually.
AFP to pull out of NT’s COVID-19 operations, Darwin watch house to close
NT Police will be closing the Darwin watch house and moving other resources around in an effort to prioritise protecting the borders as AFP personnel pull out of the Northern Territory on Friday, according to an internal police memo obtained by the NT Independent.